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• The Training Was Fun! But Did It Impact the Business?
• Designing Learning With Purpose in Mind
• Four Issues Organizations Must Solve for Better Virtual Training, find solutions for creating virtual training environments that can be easily controlled and scalable.
• Learning Reinforcement Encourages Behavioral Change, make learning reinforcement a standard practice in your development with these four specific actions.

• Video Learning May be More Effective Than In-person Lectures, video learning may be more effective than many people realize, according to a recent study published in Review of Educational Research. For the study, researchers looked at more than 105 prior studies with a combined sample of 7,776 college students and found promising results for pre-recorded lectures. When students learned from video instead of the usual forms of teaching, the average grade increased from a B to a B+. When students received video lessons in addition to an existing class, the impact was even greater, with their grade rising from a B to an A.
• Managers most likely to be offered training, managers, high-potential talent and executives are more likely to receive skills development at most organizations in the US and seven other countries. The impact of training is today expanding from improving employee productivity to elevating company culture and also serving as a talent magnet.